HCI Administrator

Location: Bengaluru

Role: HCI Administrator

Location:

Chennai

Experience:

7-12 years

6–10 years of experience in  enterprise infrastructure operations , with  3+ years hands ‑ on on VMware vSphere & vSAN .
Strong expertise in  vSAN (ESA/OSA) , SPBM policies, resync operations, and performance tuning.
Hands‑on experience with  Skyline Health, Aria Operations (vROps), vSphere HA/DRS .
Knowledge of  fault domains, stretched clusters, witness architecture , and resiliency models.

Experience with  vSAN encryption  (data‑at‑rest / in‑transit), KMS / Native Key Provider / TPM.
Working knowledge of  vSphere Lifecycle Manager (vLCM) , firmware, drivers, and HCL compliance.
Strong ITSM knowledge covering  Incident, Problem, and Change Management .
Ability to  mentor L1/L2 engineers  and maintain operational runbooks.

Lead  L2 incident triage and resolution  for vSAN and vSphere infrastructure aligning with SLA/MTTR.
Monitor and maintain  vSAN cluster health, performance, capacity , and resync activities.
Design and manage  SPBM storage policies  (FTT, RAID levels, IOPS, space efficiency).
Operate and optimize  vSphere HA & DRS , admission control, VM‑host affinity rules.
Maintain  fault domains and stretched clusters , validating resiliency and recovery behavior.
Manage  encryption lifecycle , keys, and secure access controls.
Ensure  lifecycle compliance  using vLCM, OEM firmware integration, and HCL validation.
Plan and execute  patching and change activities  with rollback and validation.
Maintain  documentation, runbooks, and knowledge base , and guide junior engineers.